“I’m a recent bride and a music junkie.” That was the first sentence of Caroline’s email…and I was sold, hook line and sinker. It only got better as I read on and I knew this was a match made in Bloven (blog heaven?)! Caroline continues with the importance of music on her wedding day:

“Andrew and I were married on the beach in the Outer Banks, the most important place on this planet to us as a couple and my family. When we first began planning we knew we wanted to focus our attention on a few things: the beach, the importance of our families to us, and our love of books & music. In planning a wedding, I knew that I should be concerned about the flower arrangements and the food at the reception. But the only aspect of the day that I wanted to devote time to was the music. I grew up on backstages across the country, my dad is in a band and, as a kid, most weekends were spent running around sound check. Because I was raised by musically obsessed parents, I too became a music junkie. Therefore, our wedding day music choices were the most important decisions on my list. After hours upon hours of selecting and tossing out songs I finally narrowed my 16-hour playlist into a manageable 6-hour playlist.”

CeremonyPrelude: Love & Some Verses – Iron & WineSeating of the families: A Living Prayer – Alison KraussBridal Party processional: Life in Technicolor – ColdplayBridal Processional: Caroline – SGGL (lullaby written for the bride by her father when she was first born)Song during the Ceremony: In Christ Alone – Stuart TownsendRecessional: Be Thou My Vision – arrangement by the Purple Hulls

Cocktail Hour
This Will Be Our Year – The Zombies
You Are The Best Thing – Ray LaMontange
Gotta Have You – The Weepies
Sweet Darlin’ – She&Him
Song For The Asking – Simon & Garfunkel
Cupid – Sam Cooke
Falling In Love At A Coffee Shop – Landon Pigg
Care of Cell 44 – The Zombies
Carolina In My Mind – James Taylor
Two of Us – Guster (Beatles cover)
Naked as We Came – Iron & Wine
Ever After You – The Gabe Dixon Band
They Can’t Take That Away From Me – Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Til Kingdom Come – Coldplay
Caroline – Brandi Carlile
The Luckiest – Ben Folds
Beyond the Sea – Bobby Darin
Don’t Stop The Music – Jamie Cullum
Love Is Here To Stay – Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

ReceptionBridal Party Entrance: Jump Up Behind Me – James TaylorBride & Groom Entrance: Strawberry Swing – ColdplayFirst Dance: If There Was No You – Brandi CarlileFather/Daughter Dance: Here Comes The Sun – James Taylor & Yo Yo Ma (Beatles Cover)Groomsmen Entrance(with Ice Cream Tubs for their version of “cutting the cake”): Brand New Key – MelanieMaids of Honor Toast: Some Things Are Meant to Be – sung by Maids of Honor (Little Women Soundtrack)